In the age of increased globalization (refer to appendix 1.a‚ pg 12)‚ and as many corporations are becoming international in scope and scale‚ organizations are faced with making radical restructuring choices in order to remain competitive and flexible in today’s environment. The impact of globalization has altered the manner in which businesses function and conduct their operations‚ and it has influenced virtually every area of business practice. Technological advancements such as high speed
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BACKGROUND This paper aims at analyzing the industrial dispute between Qantas and the trade unions in 2011. The key questions include: _(1) WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE QANTAS DISPUTE IN 2011? (2) WHAT DOES IT ILLUSTRATE ABOUT CHANGING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN AUSTRALIA?_ To address the question (1)‚ there is an analysis of the interviews and documentary evidence to explain the causes and consequences of the Qantas dispute. To the question (2)‚ it applies theories of industrial relation
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Research questions What are the developments options the state and the Non-governmental organisations have performed for the Peddie Extension area with regard to the housing delivery. Aims and Objectives of the study: Two aims and objectives have been identified for this study‚ namely to: * assess whether the stakeholders from the community are satisfied with the housing delivery process and how they have benefitted from the process. * Understand‚ and analyse the roles played by the
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Conceptual Framework of Employment Relations UNIT 2 EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS Objectives After going through this unit‚ you should be able to: l l explain the historical perspective of industrial relations in India; appreciate the impact of globalisation‚ technological changes‚ and other forces on industrial relations; identify the issues and challenges confronting industrial relations in India. l Structure 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Introduction Industrial
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SUSTAINABILITY IN TEA INDUSTRY: An Indian Perspective Ashim Kr. Das Introduction The tea Industry in India has a 170 years old history. The credit for creating India’s vast tea empire goes to the British‚ who discovered tea in India. The East India Company after losing its monopoly in China in 1832 has taken up cultivation of Tea in India (Assam) in 1834. The first commercial batch of Tea ever produced outside of China came from Assam in 1839. Since
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LABOUR STANDARDS AND THE “RACE TO THE BOTTOM”: RETHINKING GLOBALISATION AND WORKERS RIGHTS FROM DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOLIDARISTIC PERSPECTIVES ESRC Centre for Business Research‚ University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 279 By Professor Ajit Singh Faculty of Economics and Politics University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 9DE Email: as14@econ.cam.ac.uk Tel: +44 1223 350434 Fax: +44 1223 740479 and Ann Zammit Independent Consultant currently with UN Research Institute for Social Development
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The Strengths and Weaknesses of South African Economy Introduction In some ways South Africa is like all other countries‚ in other ways it is like some others‚ and in its own‚ unique way it is like no other country. It is subject to the same environmental and ecological threats as all other countries on this earth‚ it is caught up in the realities of a globalising economy and it is adapting to rapidly changing production‚ service and information technologies. South Africa shares many features with
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Preliminary Economics Topic One: Introduction to Economics The Nature of Economics The Economic Problem: Wants are unlimited but resources are scarce A Market Economy is when all major economic decisions are made by individuals and business who are motivated by self-interest A Centrally Planned Economy is where the government structures and runs the market and makes all economic decisions Australia operates with a Mixed Economy‚ with elements of both a Market Economy and a Centrally
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Poverty: Causes‚ Responses and Consequences in Rural South Africa Elizabeth Francis‚ April 2006 Development Studies Institute London School of Economics Houghton St London WC2A 2AE e.m.francis@lse.ac.uk CPRC Working Paper No. 60 Chronic Poverty Research Centre ISBN: 1-904049-59-1 Elizabeth Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Acknowledgements The research on which the case study is based was carried out as a collaborative project
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[pic] Growing Esteem: Refining the HR Policy Framework to Support the Vision December 2010 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Background 3 2.1 The environment we will be working in 3 2.1.1 External factors 3 2.1.2 Internal decisions and factors 4 2.1.3 The HR policy imperatives 5 2.2 Where we are now 5 2.2.1 Our current staffing profile 5 2.2.2 Current performance 7 2.3 The future 8 2.3.1 The goals of Growing Esteem
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